meditation on may day (or, gil scott-heron got it wrong)

    the revolution will be on the screen
    we watch as crowds erupt into the square
    the camera will catch each moving scene

    a smiling pundit with her charming mien
    will have some comment on the daily air
    the revolution will be on the screen

    we'll have a quick sight of some slim marine
    whose mission and whose purpose are not clear
    the camera will catch each moving scene

    we'll note the many banners red and green
    and wonder if the news reports are fair
    the revolution will be on the screen

    someone will tell us that it does not mean
    the same thing as it did in a past year
    the camera will catch each moving scene

    the image and the colour will be clean
    there is a magic that has to appear
    the revolution will be on the screen
    the camera will catch each moving scene

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